Personal Life
Crosse married Mary Anne Hamilton in 1809. They had seven children together, although three died in childhood. Mary died herself in 1846, four days after Andrew's brother, following several years of ill health.
On 22 July 1850 Crosse was married again, aged 66, to 23 year old Cornelia Augusta Hewett Berkeley. They went on to have three children together. Crosse suffered a stroke while dressing on the morning on 26 May 1855. After a period of illness he died on 6 July in the same room in which he had been born.
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